Shaving-mirror.



v PATBNTED JAN. s, 1903.

L. E. PAINTER.

SHAVING MIRROR.

IUATIOH FILED NOV. 14

UNITED STATES LOUIS EDGAR PAINTER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SHAVING-M'IRROR.

iiPE'GIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 717,61 1, datedJanuary 6, 1903. Application filed November 14, 1901'. Serial No.32,251. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs EDGAR- PAINTER, a resident of Louisville, inthe county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certainnewand useful Improvementsin Shaving-Mirrors; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in shaving-mirrors, the object oftheiinvention being to provide'improvementsof this character which canbe attached to the body of the wearer and the position of the mirrorreadily adjusted .to position to best suit the user.

With this object in viewthe invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will bemore fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective Viewillustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view illustratingthe bracket 5, and Figs. 3 and 4 are views illustrating modified formsofconnecting-bar.

1 represents a block or plate, to which a strap or band 2 is secured andprovided at one end with a hook 3 and at its other end with an eye 4 tosecure the strap around the body of the user and securely hold the plate1 against his breast, said strap being secured by a slide to enable itto be shortened or lengthened.

To the lower end of plate 1 a bracket 5 is secured by a screw 6 and nut,as shown. This bracket 5 comprises a strip of metal bent at two pointsbetween its ends, forming the flat base '7, secured to the plate 1. Therespective ends of the strip then extend toward each other and are againbent, projecting outward and forming parallel arms 8 to receive betweenthem a bar 9, said bar and both arms 8 being made with alined holes fora set-screw 10 and nut 11 to adj ustably secure the bar at any angledesired. Theouter end of the bar 9 is adj ustably secured by set-screw12 and nut 13 between the arms of a bracket 14, similar to bracket 5,the intermediate portion of which is secured by set-screw 15 and nut 16to a U-shaped frame 17, in which a mirror 18 is hinged, as shown.

In operation the plate 1 is secured to the body of the user by strap 2,as above explained, and the bar 9 adjusted by means of set-screws 10 and12 to dispose the mirror at just the proper height to enable the user toget afull view of his face. The frame'17 can, if desired, be swung onthe set-screw 15 to change the angle of the mirror to suittheconvenience of the user.

Instead of making the bar 9 of a single piece I might construct the sameof two sections adjustably held together by bands 19, as shown in Fig.3, to permit the length of the bar to be varied to dispose the mirrornearer to or farther from the user, as best suits him, or I might slotthe sections and adjustably secure them together by a set-screw 20, asshown in Fig. l.

While I have shown the set-screws and nuts as being rounded androughened to facilitate their being readily turned, I might employ otherforms of screws and nuts which would operate with equal effectiveness.

Various other slight changes might be resorted to in the general formand arrangement of the several parts described without departing fromthe spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I would have itunderstood that I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details setforth, but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes andalterations as fairly fall within the spirit'and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a shavingmirror, the combination with a plate to rest against thepersonof the user and means for securing said plate in place, of abracket having a flat bearing against the outer face of said plate,aset-screw passing through the plate and bracket, a forwardly oroutwardly projecting bar, a setscrew adjustably securing one end of thebar to said bracket, a bracket adjustably secured to the forward orouter end of said bar and projecting upwardlytherefrom,saidlast-mentioned bracket having a seat at its upper end, aframe mounted upon said seat, a set-screw of the bar, a U-shaped frameon the last-men tioned bracket, a set-screw securing said frame andbracket together and a mirror hinged in said frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS EDGAR PAINTER.

\Vitnesses:

HARRY L. MEANS, THOS. A. MCDONALD.

